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Factors affecting ERP system adoption: A comparative analysis between SMEs and large companies

Buonanno, G., Faverio, P., Pigni, F., Ravarini, A., Sciuto, D., Tagliavini, M.·2005·Journal of Enterprise Information Management
DOI 10.1108/17410390510609572
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Purpose Proposes providing an insight about enterprise resource planning (ERP) adoption, highlighting contact points and significant differences between the way small to medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) and large companies approach such a task. Design/methodology/approach The research is based on a wide literature review, focused on the identification of a taxonomy of business and organizational factors influencing ERP adoption. The deriving research model was incorporated in a questionnaire that was preliminarily tested and finally provided to a sample of 366 companies of any size. Responses were collected through personal interviews made by a dedicated team to a top manager. Findings The analysis of the empirical data shows that business complexity, as a composed factor, is a weak predictor of ERP adoption, whereas just company size turns out to be a very good one. In other words, companies seem to be disregarding ERP systems as an answer to their business complexity. Unexpectedly, SMEs disregard financial constraints as the main cause for ERP system non‐adoption, suggesting structural and organizational reasons as major ones. This pattern is partially different from what was observed in large organizations where the first reason for not adopting an ERP system is organizational. Moreover, the decision process regarding the adoption of ERP systems within SMEs is still more affected by exogenous reasons or “opportunity of the moment” than business‐related factors, contrary to…

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Authors
Buonanno, G., Faverio, P., Pigni, F., Ravarini, A., Sciuto, D., & Tagliavini, M.
Affiliations
University Carlo Cattaneo (IT)
ORCID
Venue
Journal of Enterprise Information Management
Publisher
Emerald
Published
2005-08-01
Volume
18
Issue
4
Pages
384-426
ISSN
1741-0398 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1108/17410390510609572
OpenAlex
W1509316523
Cited by
449
References
66
Citations by year
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FWCI
26.15
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
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Locations
Journal of Enterprise Information Management (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Management Information Systems › ERP Systems Implementation and Impact
  • Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Information Systems and Management › Technology Adoption and User Behaviour
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Corporate Governance and Management
Keywords
enterprise resource planning, ERP adoption, small and medium-sized enterprises, large corporations, business complexity, organizational change, firm size, financial constraints, process integration, data redundancy, information systems adoption

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